Most people seem completely fucking nuts to me. Yes, even most people I associate with.
Do I have unfair standards, or are we that fucked?
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I can't get even quite intelligent people to admit to really basic flaws in their mutual interactions. Given, I may just be terrible at it,-
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-but it seems to crop up with any people who are somewhat in touch with reality, that getting people out of storytelling is nigh-impossible.
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Monica, thanks for taking the time, but we don't need to change the structure of English to talk about this IMO.
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I am talking about people who asked me for help, gave me consent of their own volition. I didn't ask them to, they asked "what do I do?"
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I didn't say it's appropriate, but that I can't think of something more useful to say.
That said, I think it depends greatly on context.
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Sometimes people don't want advice, it's more like they want to know they have a choice.
So they ask, receive, do what they always wanted.
The logical conclusion of that line of thought is there aren't right choices, even if explicit goals are present. I don't think that's true.
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If I meant "the person is a fool not to follow my advice", sure, but I don't think they are.
Not even close.
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